China Coronavirus

[armaghniac]

What's the chances of the championship not going ahead this year? There will inevitably a lock down similar to Italy at some stage that could last for an unknown length of time. Surely this will effect sporting events for many months.

Many months?

Nobody is quite sure, but many months seems very likely. In fact, many months would be a success as it would suggest that the numbers had been spread out enough to keep the health service afloat.

[armaghniac]

Ireland (and the rest of UK) is in the fortunate position of being island large enough to be largely self-sufficient, yet small enough that closing borders was a realistic option. Then, after a few weeks to understand the situation and establish infrastructure & procedures, a small and very controlled amount of people could have been let through, with strict quarantine measures in place.

First, "Ireland (and the rest of UK)"? 
Second, how does "largely self-sufficient" apply in the greater scheme of things here? For example, the UK cannot produce enough food to sufficiently feed its resident population and in fact hasn't been able to do so for nearly two centuries (at present it only produces around 55% of consumption) so rationing would almost certainly have to be brought in there. Does the shutting of border outlets work both ways, or just going in? How does potential urgent repatriation of Irish & British citizens be possibly accommodated, let alone those whom are outside the country on a short term basis when the announcement is made of the border being shut (e.g. Lorry drivers)? Is the closure effectively sealed, or is a limited amount of material & goods allowed to be imported (e.g. essential medical supplies that aren't manufactured locally)? Also, within the local context here, how does the border between NI & ROI be managed, and would there be restrictions on travel between NI & GB? The foot & mouth crises of 2001 would appear to suggest that significant action would be taken in both cases to restrict people's movement. That then falls on to knock-on effects that such decisions have at least in the short term on work & economic activity?

TBF it's unreasonable to expect a lot of concise, clear answers for such a scenario which has no clear direction as to how it might take. But it should still be reasonable to demonstrate what basic contingency measures should be in place.and not just

I don't think controls on people arise directly either cross border or cross channel. Mingling of people will be discouraged within towns as much as  people coming from England. Unless there comes about a large difference in the spread of the disease in different places a person going from Dublin to Wexford is as dangerous as one going to Liverpool.

[Milltown Row2]

London Marathon must be next to be cancelled

[BennyCake]

Time to set up quarantine centres and mandatory testing at airports and ports.

[armaghniac]

Time to set up quarantine centres and mandatory testing at airports and ports.

Time to close pubs and discos.

[BennyCake]

Japan quarantining arrivals from China and Korea

Israel banning all foreign arrivals for 2 weeks

Are we doing anything remotely like that?

[omagh_gael]

What's the chances of the championship not going ahead this year? There will inevitably a lock down similar to Italy at some stage that could last for an unknown length of time. Surely this will effect sporting events for many months.

Many months?

Look at Hubei and China as a whole, still large swathes of forced/advised isolation. When will they begin to open up? Surely a big chance of a second wave at some point too with infections now coming into China from people travelling there from other parts of the world.

If this takes off close to the medium to worse case scenario then I could foresee things like large sporting events being impacted for many months.

[Eamonnca1]

Formula 1 will be up the left, that's for sure.

[BennyCake]

Formula 1 will be up the left, that's for sure.

Surely Euro 2020, Tokyo Olympics are in jeopardy?

As could the All Ireland championships.

[seafoid]

https://medium.com/@edwardnirenberg/sars-cov-2-and-the-lessons-we-have-to-learn-from-it-e2017fd5d3c

[RedHand88]

Japan quarantining arrivals from China and Korea

Israel banning all foreign arrivals for 2 weeks

Are we doing anything remotely like that?

Yes we are cancelling st Patrick's day parades and sending people into enclosed pubs instead

[Aaron Boone]

Japan quarantining arrivals from China and Korea

Israel banning all foreign arrivals for 2 weeks

Are we doing anything remotely like that?

Yes we are cancelling st Patrick's day parades and sending people into enclosed pubs instead

Although GAA still have a large event ongoing 1 mile from the cancelled parade: Under 20 semis in Croker.

[Itchy]

I thought Simon Coveney looked well shook last night on Claire Byrne live. Its like he only realised yesterday the shit storm at our doorstep. I am afraid the only sensible option now is basically to cancel everything - GAA, Soccer, Rugby, Concerts, Pubs etc. I see no point in waiting for it to get worse (inevitable) before doing these things. Why not do it now? This is how China has gotten things back in the right direction, why wouldn't we do it as a preventative act instead of a reactionary act.

[ardtole]

I saw the start of claire Byrne last night and I got my eyes opened. It is worrying what the next 4/5 weeks could have in store for us.

[Taylor]

It really does defy belief that Cheltenham is going ahead.

Looks like Boris is going to wait as long as possible to take action in case it annoys his buddies in the City